Forgiveness among Public Sector Workers: A Predictive Study of Employee Resilience, Emotional Intelligence and Loneliness at Work

The gains of organizational wellbeing and productivity have been challenged by workers disposition especially the heart of forgiving one another within the workplace. The present study investigated forgiveness among public sector workers: a predictive study of employee resilience, emotional intelligence and loneliness at work. Participants in the study were made up of non-academic staff of Nnamdi Azikiwe University. They comprise of 78 males (43.09%) and 103 females (56.91%) with a mean age of 39.77 years and a standard deviation of 7.9 years and age ranges from 28 -65 years. Four different instruments were used to measure the four variables; Resilience, Loneliness, Emotional Intelligence and Forgiveness. The Rye’s Forgiveness Scale was used to measure forgiveness among the participants; Wagnild and Young’ Resilience scale (WYRS) was used to measure resilience; UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS) was used to measure loneliness while Wong’s Emotional Intelligence scale (WEIS) measured the participants’ emotional intelligence. The design adopted for this study is the correlational design and the statistical method used is the multiple regression technique. The results of the hypotheses tested showed that that there is insignificant relationship between resilience and forgiveness (β=.052 p>.05), the regression results shown in Table 2 show that there is insignificant relationship between loneliness and forgiveness (β=.030, p>.05), there was also a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and forgiveness (β= .500, p<.05) and the overall significance of the effect as shown in Table 3 showed that there was an overall significance between forgiveness and the selected predictors F (3,177)= 3.126, p<.05. It was however recommended that Personnel Managers should inculcate improvement in psychological factors like emotional intelligence in their personnel training agenda so as to improve the individuals’ tendency to forgive coworkers in the workplace.

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STUDI KORELASI PERILAKU ADAPTIF DAN KECERDASAN EMOSIONAL DENGAN PRESTASI BELAJAR PADA SISWA UNDERACHIEVER DI BALI

Jurnal Psikologi Udayana ◽

10.24843/jpu.2016.v03.i01.p04 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Tiara Carina ◽

Supriyadi Supriyadi

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Adaptive Behavior ◽

Psychological Factors ◽

Hypothesis Test ◽

Regression Technique ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Intelligence Scale ◽

Significant Coefficient ◽

Behavior Scale

Education is an effort that deliberately, regularly runs and plans to modify or develop behavior which the environment wish for (Wahyuningsih, 2004). There are several problem in education, which is some students have learning difficulties. Student with above average level of intelligence but low achieving at school is called by underachiever. Academic achievement is result of learning processes that shown from the changes on knowledge and comprehension, value, attitude, and skill (Winkle, 1997). According to Suryabrata, Shertzer, and Stone (in Winkle, 1997), there are some psychological factors that influence academic achievement. Psychological factors that were studied in this research are adaptive behavior and emotional intelligence.This research is quantitative study using double regression technique. Subjects of this research are 47 underachiever students (n boys = 24; n girls = 23) who their age are between 11 to 15 year old. The sampling method is random cluster sampling. The data collection method uses Adaptive Behavior Scale (rxx = 0.983), Emotional Intelligence Scale (rxx = 0.870), and study report in odd semester.From hypothesis test with double regression technique, it is found that the correlational coefficient is 0.857, the regression coefficient is 0.735, the significant coefficient of the regression is 0.000, and the significant coefficient of independent variables are both 0.000 and 0.043. It shows that there is significant causal correlation between adaptive behavior and emotional intelligence with academic achievement, the adaptive behavior and emotional intelligence influences academic achievement as 73.5%.Keywords: adaptive behavior, emotional intelligence, academic achievement, underachiever

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Kecerdasan emosi sebagai prediktor resiliensi psikologis pada remaja di panti asuhan

Persona Jurnal Psikologi Indonesia ◽

10.30996/persona.v8i2.2248 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 325-339

Author(s):

Fitri Apriani ◽

Ratih Arruum Listiyandini

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Social Institutions ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Psychological Resilience ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Correlational Design ◽

Resilience Scale ◽

The Face ◽

Building Program

AbstractYoung people living in social institutions are more vulnerable to have mental health problems. Thus, they need to have psychological resilience, which is the ability to thrive in the face of adversity. The aim of the study is to investigate how much emotional intelligence can predict the psychological resilience of adolescents living at social institutions (orphanage). Research used quantitative approach and correlational design. In this study, by using purposive sampling technique, 145 adolescents aged 11 - 18 years living at orphanage around Jakarta were participated. Adaptation of resilience scale from Connor & Davidson was used to measure the psychological resilience and the scale of emotional intelligence was an adapted scale from theory of Salovey and Mayer. Both adapted scale shown good reliability index indicated that they can use to measure the variables consistently. The statistical analysis using linear regression test indicate that emotional intelligence can predict psychological resilience significantly and positively. It is implied that emotional intelligence is being an important factor for resilience development among orphanage youth. Thus, it is imperative to cultivate emotional intelligence aspects in resilience building program for young people living in social shelters. Keywords : Adolescents; Emotional intelligence; Orphanage; Resilience AbstrakRemaja di panti asuhan rentan mengalami berbagai masalah kesehatan mental. Oleh karena itu, mereka membutuhkan resiliensi psikologis, yaitu kemampuan untuk bisa bangkit dari masalah yang dihadapi. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis sejauh mana kecerdasan emosional dapat menjadi prediktor dari resiliensi psikologis pada remaja yang tinggal di panti asuhan. Penelitian yang dilakukan menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan desain korelasional. Menggunakan teknik sampling purposive, sebanyak 145 orang remaja berusia 11 – 18 tahun yang tinggal di panti asuhan yang ada wilayah sekitar Jakarta dilibatkan dalam penelitian ini. Adaptasi skala resiliensi dari Connor dan Davidson dan skala kecerdasan emosional berdasarkan teori Salovey dan Mayer untuk mengukur kecerdasan emosional digunakan di dalam penelitian ini. Kedua skala yang diadaptasi menunjukkan reliabilitas yang baik sehingga layak digunakan. Hasil analisis statistik dengan menggunakan uji regresi sederhana menunjukkan bahwa tingkat kecerdasan emosional menjadi prediktor yang signifikan terhadap resiliensi psikologis secara signifikan dan positif Hasil ini mengindikasikan bahwa kecerdasan emosional menjadi faktor yang penting dalam peningkatan resiliensi psikologis remaja panti asuhan. Oleh karena itu, perlu untuk menumbuhkan aspek-aspek yang menyusun kecerdasan emosional di dalam program pengembangan resiliensi psikologis pada remaja yang tinggal di panti asuhan.Kata kunci : Kecerdasan emosi; Panti asuhan; Remaja; Resiliensi

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Employee Creative Behaviour: A Predictive Study of Perceived Relational Injustice and Workplace Ostracism among Public Sector Workers

International Journal of Public Policy and Administration Research ◽

10.18488/journal.74.2021.81.1.9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Oguegbe Tochukwu Matthew ◽

Okonkwo Kizito Ifunanya ◽

Nwankwo Anthony E

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Workplace Ostracism ◽

Creative Behaviour ◽

Predictive Study ◽

Public Sector Workers

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Resiliensi pada Penyintas Banjir Ditinjau dari Tawakal dan Kecerdasan Emosi

Jurnal Psikologi Islam dan Budaya ◽

10.15575/jpib.v1i1.2108 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 29-36

Author(s):

Ridha Habibah ◽

Subekti Dwi Lestari ◽

Sherli Kurnia Oktaviana ◽

Fuad Nashori

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Partial Correlation ◽

Research Subjects ◽

Intelligence Scale ◽

Belief In God ◽

Resilience Scale ◽

Psychological Scales ◽

Indirect Relationship ◽

The Relationship

Resilience by people affected by natural disasters is very important. Disaster is an extreme thing that can make a person depressed, anxious, stressed, and somatisasi. Individuals who pay attention to belief in God, cognitive and positive affective of the things it faces, will affect its resilience. This study aims to determine the resilience of flood survivors in terms of tawakal and emotional intelligence. The research subjects were flood survivors aged 20-60 , 53 people, obtained by using quotum technique. Data collection used three psychological scales: Resilience Scale, Emotional Intelligence Scale, and Tawakal Scale. The methods for data analysis were multiple linear regression and partial correlation. The results showed significant relationship between tawakal and emotional intelligence together against resilience. The relationship between tawakal and resilience is significant but the relationship between emotional intelligence and resilience is not significant. Further analysis shows emotional intelligence has indirect relationship mediated by tawakal variable.

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